Last year the editors posted their best-of-2005 lists. This year we're looking forward to reading what the Archinect members remember most fondly from 2006. Post them here and feel free to include images. If we get enough good submissions we'll spin this off into a feature to kick off 2007.
Please send questions and comments to us via the contact form on this page. This thread will be moderated to only consist of best-of lists.
8. computers in general are too slow for the latest releases of AutoCAD.
7. Nobody understands how to use Architectural Desktop except the young people in the office.
6. All work and no play make Jack into a psychopath.
5. Everything around here is really just a CMU box with pretty or fugly trimmings. The few really good buildings you end up having to "appreciate" from the INSIDE.
4. The AIA wins "American Institute of A-holes" award for being the biggest "continuing education" pain in the ass for everyone except at firms (like the one I'm with now) who have enough people or money to support large sessions.
3. Embarrassing "cubicle farts" (take a BIG WHIFF)
Chili – you forgot to include your 2007 Archinect Calendar début!!! You made the cover, front & center no less! It's quite an achievement that shouldn't be overlooked :)
10. Interns, since NCARB has deterred us from our path to licensure...
9. Graphic Designers
8. Film Directors, esp. those which produce "uber-artsy, un-fathomable short films" or some sort of "Arch. School Confidential" type fake-reality show
7. Guerilla Horticulturists
6. Doctors of various specialty
5. Ninja Masters
4. Porn star zookeepers
3. Rockettes or back-up dancers
2. The people who get to watch the Rockettes, which could possibly include Hugh Heffner, rock stars, and secret agents.
1. Unhappy... or, Much Happier People, depending upon whom you ask.
10. REM does it for 24
9. WTF drama finally fizzles
8. A-Z of Critical Regionalism
7. Oscar takes a bride (@99 not out)
6. Oana S. posts on the school blog
5. Print is not dead...new architecture magazines hit market (MARK,
4. [.....] intentionally left blank
3. Upstarts feature on Archinect
2. Lady Hadid takes the world one competition at a time
The ten Archinecters I have actually met in the flesh (do we still call it "meatspace"? I love that term), in order of appearance. Proof of the networking opportunities of the site.
1.heterarchy
2.Steven Ward
3.spark
4.ether
5.Doug Johnston, Cranbrook blogger whose forum screen name I have forgotten
6.lletdownl
7.vado retro
8.WonderK
9.SuperHeavy
10.SuperBeatledud
Top Ten Archinectors That Have Been An Encouragement To Me:*
1. liberty bell
2. steven ward
3. vado retro
4. orhan ayyuce
5. puddles
6. pixelwhore
7. ochona
8. strawbeary, rationalist, wonderk, ACfA, and AP, who make me laugh
9. jump, who makes me think, even though i don't usually agree with him.
(9 is the new 10.)
*Even Without Meaning To Be, Or Possibly Even Knowing It
Thread Central - 6000 posts in 2006 - an homage to Abra
page:
1 - sharks, falling in love with liberty bell, and pulling puppydog's tails
2 - jpeg du jour, video du jour, quote du jour, kitten du jour
3 - when harry met sally & pulp fiction
4 - 'what's your ranking' & SBD flirts with wK
5 - group therapy, wK/aCFa = 1K & abra = 2k, posting ratios become cool
6 - "what do (you) think"?, school apps threads are crack, collections, beer
7 - march birthdays :), peace, drivers ed, diabase =1k, lb = 2k, free cat
8 - bands, dog days of winter, big art - big museums,
9 - cork, eclipse, french returns, petting zoos, ^^ i just bongd it.
10- tornados and chicken soup, puddles is still alive, tying ties, orhan is uncovered
ten more days of 2006 to finish this project... stay tuned!
I'm a modernist, but getting decorations to look good on modern architecture is a challenge. So here is a holiday decoration Top Ten, split into good and bad (you choose which is the ugly):
Five examples of holiday decorations looking uncomfortable on modern or contemporary architecture:
Scraggly and sad and completely an afterthought.
A little garland, a little bow...ever heard of something called "scale"?
See, way in the distance, like Santa in his sleigh, there's a wreath on this office building. What holds it in place on the sleek continuous surface of the spandrel panel? Must be Christmas magic!
There's a wreath over the door...or rather, sort of over the door, as you'd hit your head trying to get under it. I love this house, though.
Round wreath, oval wreath, I don't care. Just make sure they emphasize our signage!
And now five examples of holiday decorations looking comfortable and appropriate, even lovely, on historic or historic-looking architecture:
That's Santa coming down the outside of the chimney - a bold installation, and successful.
Utilizing the door surround elegantly.
This carriage lamp just looks snuggled up and warm in a holiday sweater - but not a dorky one your aunt would give you. Sweet.
The garland actually hangs from something, and the planters are elegant.
Again, the wreaths are actually hanging from something significant - a simple and appropriate embellishment.
Cheers for good designers. Happy holidays Archinect!!!
10 archinectors I have met in person, in approximate order of introduction, as inspired by liberty bell:
Marc Pittsley
Israel Kandarian
Patrick Marckesano
Cameron
Javier Arbona
Doug Johnston
betadinesutures
Abel Oner
geimanj
larslarson
(There are more, but I only know your honesttogoodness names & not screennames, so I'm not going to "out" the lurkers. But I haven't forgotten. People who see me and don't say hi didn't make the cut. :P )
it's like a year with an asterisk
it happened...even though i wouldn't mind if it didn't
just thought i'd note that rather than admit it
seven (or eight?) years into this no-name decade
still alive but i wouldn't call it living
many almosts...with no big finish
plenty of hope...but not free of anguish
a toast to two thousand and seven
and the best of 2006...but not without an *
*asterisk
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POST YOUR 2006 TOP-TEN LISTS
Last year the editors posted their best-of-2005 lists. This year we're looking forward to reading what the Archinect members remember most fondly from 2006. Post them here and feel free to include images. If we get enough good submissions we'll spin this off into a feature to kick off 2007.
Please send questions and comments to us via the contact form on this page. This thread will be moderated to only consist of best-of lists.
Top Archinect happenings of 2006...
10. Venice Biennale: Cities by Numbers
9. Thread Central to reach 50,000 views
8. Brad Pitt passes AREs (not really)
7. I'm voted Time Person of the Year (and so are you, and you, and you...
6. Limited edition "Architecture Sucks" t-shirts released
5. Zoe Coombes & F. David Boira tie the knot.
4. Archinect School Blog Project grows and grows
3. Marlin Watson and Barry Lehrman join the staff
2. Vado Retro hits 5000 posts
Liberty Bell to hit 4000 posts
Steven Ward hits 3500 posts
e and AP hit 3000 posts
WonderK and garpike hit 2000 posts
1. The Garwondler takes over!!!
Top Ten Things heard in the Office:
10. 5/4 stock is 1-1/4" right?
9. That's horrendous!
8. I can't see it. Can you whip up a 3d animation walk through?
7. How many square feet in that house?....8000...How many units are in it?
6. You can set tile directly onto the subfloor. I've done it.
5. No, that's nice. It's a like detail. It'll be cottagey.
4. That's your first problem, you gave them names. You get attached that way.
3. What's a wythe?
2. Oh yeah, I can sex up that elevation.
1. This looks great....buuuut....Can you take a just moment and tweak this? (and by tweak, I mean do a week's worth of work in 2 days)
Top Ten Architecture, Design, and Imagery Blogs
10 Cool Hunting
09 Curbed
08 Tropolism
07 Inhabitat
06 Bldg Blog
05 MoCo Loco
04 Architechnophilia
03 A Daily Dose of Architecture
02 Eye Candy
01 Daily Dose of Imagery
( true accounts with no offence whatsoever, )
Top Ten funny and cryptic Things women told/communicated with me this year
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10) I wouldn't know you could change so much
9) why you so wierd ?
8) You're so deep ( ? ! ? )
7) I feel it should not be so ,but at the same time ,I dont see why not ,when we very well know that we cannot do the same.
6) You should keep smiling always ( ????????? )
5) Im not in the mood to do this work..
4)So can you do it for me pleaseeeeee.
3) What do you mean by No ?
2) But I always thought of you as my friend
( #2) comes in top ten list every year )
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1) Why you like this ?....why can't you be like that ?
Top ten great quotes/proverbs I came across in 2006.
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10) I dont fear the man who has practised 10,000 kicks, I fear the man who has practised 1 kick 10,000 times---Bruce Lee
9) After the game is over the King and the Pawn ,go back in the same box--Italian Proverb
8) An ounce of Mother is worth a pound of clergy.
--Spanish Proverb
7) Success is having to worry about everything except money
--Johnny Cash
6)"I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."
--Albert Einstein
5)Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.
--Arthur Schopenhauer
4)Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.
--Edgar Allan Poe
3)'War is the Father of Man, It makes kings of some and slaves of others
--Heraclitus
2)What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.
---Richard Bach
1)Fall down 8 Times..Stand up on the 9th
--Japanese Proverb.
Top Ten Disgraced Republicans who Got Kicked to the Curb this Year:
Bill Frist: Former Senate majority leader and Harvard Educated doctor who claimed that you can catch AIDS through sweat and tears.
Katherine Harris: Mascara addict, election thief.
Denni Hastert: Fat Ass, Page pimp.
John Bolton: UN ambassador, intelligence chef, moustache liability.
Sam Brownback: US Senator, homophobe.
Ted Haggard: Deeply conflicted, self-loathing Evangelical
Rick Santorum: total nut job
George Allen: Macaca man, good ol' fashioned southern bigot. 6 months ago he was a 2008 presidential front runner - scary.
Don Rumsfeld: "the Greatest Secretary of Defense Ever" (according to Dick Cheney)
Karl Rove: archinect poster tboy said it best: “if he's the architect . . . then the democrats just slammed him with some pretty nasty change orders.”
Top 10 reasons being an architect sucks for me:
10. fluorescent lighting numbs your brain.
9. computer screens make your eyes degenerate.
8. computers in general are too slow for the latest releases of AutoCAD.
7. Nobody understands how to use Architectural Desktop except the young people in the office.
6. All work and no play make Jack into a psychopath.
5. Everything around here is really just a CMU box with pretty or fugly trimmings. The few really good buildings you end up having to "appreciate" from the INSIDE.
4. The AIA wins "American Institute of A-holes" award for being the biggest "continuing education" pain in the ass for everyone except at firms (like the one I'm with now) who have enough people or money to support large sessions.
3. Embarrassing "cubicle farts" (take a BIG WHIFF)
2. Not enough time to ride street motorcycle
1. Motocross is MUCH more fun than architecture
Chili – you forgot to include your 2007 Archinect Calendar début!!! You made the cover, front & center no less! It's quite an achievement that shouldn't be overlooked :)
In honor of Time's Man of The Year...
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10. Interns, since NCARB has deterred us from our path to licensure...
9. Graphic Designers
8. Film Directors, esp. those which produce "uber-artsy, un-fathomable short films" or some sort of "Arch. School Confidential" type fake-reality show
7. Guerilla Horticulturists
6. Doctors of various specialty
5. Ninja Masters
4. Porn star zookeepers
3. Rockettes or back-up dancers
2. The people who get to watch the Rockettes, which could possibly include Hugh Heffner, rock stars, and secret agents.
1. Unhappy... or, Much Happier People, depending upon whom you ask.
Environmentally Benign Design - Wonders of the World: The Buildings of 2006
Top Ten Architectural Obsessions for 2006
10. REM does it for 24
9. WTF drama finally fizzles
8. A-Z of Critical Regionalism
7. Oscar takes a bride (@99 not out)
6. Oana S. posts on the school blog
5. Print is not dead...new architecture magazines hit market (MARK,
4. [.....] intentionally left blank
3. Upstarts feature on Archinect
2. Lady Hadid takes the world one competition at a time
drum roll please
1. Architecture Sucks T-Shirts re-issued!!
ps. thanks DCA for the kind words earlier
The ten Archinecters I have actually met in the flesh (do we still call it "meatspace"? I love that term), in order of appearance. Proof of the networking opportunities of the site.
1.heterarchy
2.Steven Ward
3.spark
4.ether
5.Doug Johnston, Cranbrook blogger whose forum screen name I have forgotten
6.lletdownl
7.vado retro
8.WonderK
9.SuperHeavy
10.SuperBeatledud
Top Ten Archinectors That Have Been An Encouragement To Me:*
1. liberty bell
2. steven ward
3. vado retro
4. orhan ayyuce
5. puddles
6. pixelwhore
7. ochona
8. strawbeary, rationalist, wonderk, ACfA, and AP, who make me laugh
9. jump, who makes me think, even though i don't usually agree with him.
(9 is the new 10.)
*Even Without Meaning To Be, Or Possibly Even Knowing It
excuse me for stealing bandwith from this thread.
and there is only one ten best for me this year, starting from here...
Thread Central - 6000 posts in 2006 - an homage to Abra
page:
1 - sharks, falling in love with liberty bell, and pulling puppydog's tails
2 - jpeg du jour, video du jour, quote du jour, kitten du jour
3 - when harry met sally & pulp fiction
4 - 'what's your ranking' & SBD flirts with wK
5 - group therapy, wK/aCFa = 1K & abra = 2k, posting ratios become cool
6 - "what do (you) think"?, school apps threads are crack, collections, beer
7 - march birthdays :), peace, drivers ed, diabase =1k, lb = 2k, free cat
8 - bands, dog days of winter, big art - big museums,
9 - cork, eclipse, french returns, petting zoos, ^^ i just bongd it.
10- tornados and chicken soup, puddles is still alive, tying ties, orhan is uncovered
ten more days of 2006 to finish this project... stay tuned!
I started to get into this, remenising of the good things.
10. Archinect discussions (although less time to contribute)
09. The production line stops for SMART Roadster – a design classic
08. Straw Bail Construction
07. Building Schools for the Future. T. Blair
06. Warmer weather (hottest year on record – UK)
05. Visiting Ronchamp in the snow
04. Democratic Architecture to define a nation.
03. The alternative to Zaha’s dream in Cardiff
02. Mortgage
01. Engagement
It will probably mean more when i get some images attached later.
I'm a modernist, but getting decorations to look good on modern architecture is a challenge. So here is a holiday decoration Top Ten, split into good and bad (you choose which is the ugly):
Five examples of holiday decorations looking uncomfortable on modern or contemporary architecture:
Scraggly and sad and completely an afterthought.
A little garland, a little bow...ever heard of something called "scale"?
See, way in the distance, like Santa in his sleigh, there's a wreath on this office building. What holds it in place on the sleek continuous surface of the spandrel panel? Must be Christmas magic!
There's a wreath over the door...or rather, sort of over the door, as you'd hit your head trying to get under it. I love this house, though.
Round wreath, oval wreath, I don't care. Just make sure they emphasize our signage!
And now five examples of holiday decorations looking comfortable and appropriate, even lovely, on historic or historic-looking architecture:
That's Santa coming down the outside of the chimney - a bold installation, and successful.
Utilizing the door surround elegantly.
This carriage lamp just looks snuggled up and warm in a holiday sweater - but not a dorky one your aunt would give you. Sweet.
The garland actually hangs from something, and the planters are elegant.
Again, the wreaths are actually hanging from something significant - a simple and appropriate embellishment.
Cheers for good designers. Happy holidays Archinect!!!
Top 10 reasons why this online love-fest will never grow old:
10. School blogs: a window to the wonderful world of not working.
9. Because it’s fun to poke fun at people who spam us/trolls/planners.
8. One never knows when a new picture of an architect in an elephant thong is going to show up on a thread.
7. The Midwest contingent has no other way of finding out about cool projects, and magazines take too long to read.
6. Because it’s our version of a club, even though explaining it to our friends, family and coworkers can be more than tricky.
5. What else are we going to do when we get drunk and come home?
4. Because even when we have nothing really to say, we can still post it and it’s OK. And it rhymes.
3. We need to be sure that we are all alive, every week.
2. Every year, the School rankings are released by DI magazine. And every year we feel compelled to debunk them as if we’ve never done it before.
1. The conversations, and the friendships made, are all just too good to ignore.
Happy Holidays!
10 archinectors I have met in person, in approximate order of introduction, as inspired by liberty bell:
Marc Pittsley
Israel Kandarian
Patrick Marckesano
Cameron
Javier Arbona
Doug Johnston
betadinesutures
Abel Oner
geimanj
larslarson
(There are more, but I only know your honesttogoodness names & not screennames, so I'm not going to "out" the lurkers. But I haven't forgotten. People who see me and don't say hi didn't make the cut. :P )
An LA-centric top ten list, in no particular order:
1: AIA National
2: Cornfields Competition
3: History Channel "Cities of the Future" Competition
4: Griffith Observatory reopening
5: Gail Goldberg appointed LA Planning Director
6: PropX competition
7: The Asian-invasion (ie: new deans) at UCLA and USC
8: Subway to the Sea (Purple Line) gains momentum and Expo Line breaks ground
9: Ken Smith selected to design the OC Great Park
10: LA River Master Plan
Our 1 ½ yr old's favorite christmas gifts:
10.radio flyer wagon (probably would be higher on the list if we could go outside)
9.baby abc/mp3 player
8.push-around popcorn popper (like we had when we were kids)
7.cabbage patch big sister/little sister dolls (to get her ready for little sister in 2 1/2 mos)
6.mermaid doll
5.wood loops-and-slides thingy (like you see in drs' offices and family restaurant waiting areas)
4.craft/drawing table with kid-size ant chairs
3.radio flyer four-wheeled 'bike'
2.baby doll stroller
1.cheap kmart doll set from the family member noone likes.
i won't even go into all the books and clothes. spoiled kid.
daddy's favorite: local book store, lowe's, and home depot gift cards.
Until I get my new list in order, here's my list from 1986:
10. 2x4 (classic)
9. cylindar (preferably transparent - any color)
8. construction worker mini fig
7. roundish wheels with grey hubs (from space system)
6. motorcycle with windshield
5. motorcycle hacked into atv
4. 1x2 flat "tile" (smooth) black
3. 2x4 flat
2. 2x3 flat
1. Any transparent brick
Oh man I think I just made my plans for tonight.
Breuer at the Bronx
the detail shop
Bansky versus Paris
bunnyfish
Paperworks
Dismantle the GSD
The maison tropicale
Asobi Suchiya makes herself into a surrealist sculpture
Orwellian Wormholes
it's like a year with an asterisk
it happened...even though i wouldn't mind if it didn't
just thought i'd note that rather than admit it
seven (or eight?) years into this no-name decade
still alive but i wouldn't call it living
many almosts...with no big finish
plenty of hope...but not free of anguish
a toast to two thousand and seven
and the best of 2006...but not without an *
*asterisk
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